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..-=*%%%%# - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - #%%%%*=-..
..-=*%@### - - - - ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND -  - -  - ###@%*=-..
..-=*%#### -  - - - BEYOND  THE  GREAT DAM. - - - - ####%*=-..
..-=*%@### - IT  WAS BUILT  IN  THE LATE SIXTIES. - ###@%*=-..
....--=%## -  - - THE ELVES  CAME TO US THEN. - - - ##%=--....
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.....-=%@# THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE #@%=-.....
..-=*%@@## CAME TO TRUST THEM. - - -  - - - -  - US ##@@%*=-..
..-=*%@### KIDS  WOULD  PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ###@%*=-..
......-*@# THOUGH WE WERE  NOT ALLOWED. - - - - - - #@*-......
..-====*%# - -  SOMETIMES  THE  SLUICE  WOULD CLOSE #%*====-..
..-=*%@### ENTIRELY,  AND THE  RIVER  AT  THE  DAMS ###@%*=-..
..-=*%@### FOOT WOULD DRY  UP, REVEALING  THE ROCKY ###@%*=-..
..-=*%@### WATER   GARDEN  THAT   HAD  BEEN  HIDDEN ###@%*=-..
..-=*%@### BENEATH, AND  WE WOULD GO THERE. - - - - ###@%*=-..
..-=*%#### - -  - - BEFORE THE  DAM  OPENED  AGAIN, ####%*=-..
.....===%# THERE WOULD BE  A SIGNAL, BUT  THE ELVES #%===.....
...--***@# WOULD MAKE US  NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY #@***--...
..-=*%@### WE WOULD FIND THE  WATER RISING, ALREADY ###@%*=-..
......-=%@ AT OUR KNEES. - - -  -  - - - - - - -  - @%=-......
..-=*%@### - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - ###@%*=-..
..-=*%@@## -  BY  THEN THE ELVES  WOULD  BE GONE. - ##@@%*=-..
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